Suara.com – Member of the Anies-Muhaimin National Team Expert Council (AMIN), Sulfikar Amir, was surprised by the term digital downstream that was brought up by vice presidential candidate number 2, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, in the vice presidential debate some time ago.
Sulfikar said that there had never been an academic study explaining the concept of digital downstreaming that Gibran brought up.
“As I said, digital downstreaming does not exist in academic literature,” said Sulfikar to journalists at the AMIN House of Change, Central Newsdelivers.com, Friday (29/12/2023).
According to Sulfikar, the concepts of downstream and digital are two different concepts.
“Because we are talking about downstreaming which is a term in the industrial production system process, while digital is a system, an ecosystem in operating digital technology,” explained Sulfikar.
Apart from that, Sulfikar said that the digital downstream concept is a concept that is not connected to one another.
“So when we talk about digital downstreaming, these are two things that are actually not connected to each other,” he added.
Explanation of the Prabowo-Gibran TKN
Previously, the Prabowo-Gibran National Campaign Team (TKN) Expert Council, Budiman Sudjatmiko, spoke regarding the digital downstreaming that Gibran was talking about.
According to him, the term digital downstreaming is a new term for some groups, but it is very important.
According to Budiman, the digital downstream narrative conveyed by Gibran at yesterday’s vice presidential debate meant that the Advanced Indonesia Coalition was determined to build a digital economy from upstream to downstream.
“Currently Indonesia’s digital economy is quite good. However, building a digital economy is not enough just to develop applications in the transportation or retail sector. “With the current digital trend, digital downstreaming must be utilized for many other sectors,” said Budiman Sudjatmiko to journalists on Sunday (24/12/2023) in Newsdelivers.com.
Budiman Sudjatmiko explained that digital downstreaming has two meanings. The first is preparing network infrastructure or internet connectivity and building a digital device industry.
“Therefore, in our vision and mission and fastest program, we have ensured to provide internet access and digital literacy for the Indonesian people, especially for areas that were previously unreachable,” said Budiman.
This will certainly create a wave of business digitalization and additional human resources in the digital sector which can be directed towards the development of blockchain, AI, machine learning, big data analytics.
In the second meaning, Budiman explained that digital downstreaming also aims to digitize the strategic industrial supply chain in Indonesia.
“Digitalization will increase productivity and efficiency in industrial processes at all levels. “For example, in agriculture, you can use technology to develop fertilizer and superior seeds, IoT Smartfarming, or e-commerce specifically for food,” said Budiman.
This trend has indeed been demonstrated in various sectors such as food, transportation, retail, logistics and mining, which brings trillions in profits to Indonesia and has an economic potential of up to IDR 11,000 trillion.
Budiman explained that the concept of this ecosystem approach is known as DNA, namely Device, Network and Application.
He further explained that digital downstreaming would give Indonesia a data commodity with enormous economic value. According to Budiman, this needs to be addressed by strengthening digital security in Indonesia.